PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lester Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Leary's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, one day like this. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

O Leary
vs
Pearson

190 cm
22
265 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
278 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Takomo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larry O Leary!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lester Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary swinging wilding here.
Pearson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but O Leary swivels and escapes.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch but Pearson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pearson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

O Leary has Pearson up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pearson tries to stall but O Leary uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Leary works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
O Leary is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
O Leary softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

O Leary gets a trip takedown into half guard.
O Leary is looking to take a break and control but Pearson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Leary is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pearson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
O Leary not doing much here.
O Leary lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Pearson is looking to control O Leary's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pearson avoid being mounted?
O Leary sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pearson defending well though.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pearson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pearson is pressing down on O Leary's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
O Leary scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pearson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. O Leary manages to get himself to full guard.
Pearson throws a big right hand that misses.
Pearson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
O Leary keeping moving, preventing Pearson from controlling successfully.
O Leary is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pearson trying to control the position from guard on top but O Leary is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Leary looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pearson is one step ahead there.
O Leary looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pearson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson is pressing down on O Leary's thigh, looking to free his foot. O Leary is holding on for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
O Leary jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Leary manages to avoid it.
Lester Pearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Leary slips a jab from Pearson.

O Leary clinches up against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a body punch.
O Leary taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
O Leary softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Pearson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but O Leary is keeping busy.
O Leary taking a breather.
O Leary stops a takedown attempt from Pearson.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pearson misses with the head strike.
O Leary is trying to drag Pearson to the mat but Pearson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.

O Leary tightens his grip and picks Pearson up, before dumping him to the ground. Pearson manages to land in guard.
Pearson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
O Leary trying to control but Pearson is working from the bottom.
Pearson pulls O Leary in close to prevent any damage.
Pearson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry O Leary dominated that round.
That's time! O Leary's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

O Leary fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pearson manages to avoid it.
Pearson lands a jab.
O Leary throws a sloppy body shot
and Pearson counters with a nice body shot.
Pearson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pearson throws a jab when O Leary was well out of range.
O Leary misses the shot to the body.
O Leary keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Leary moves into the clinch successfully.
O Leary is trying to drag Pearson to the mat but Pearson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Pearson can't find room to land a body shot as O Leary controls the action.
Pearson taking a breather.
O Leary lands a body punch.
O Leary managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Pearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

O Leary works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Pearson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for O Leary!
O Leary tries to lock up and control but Pearson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pearson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pearson lands a big shot there that rocks O Leary but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson raining down shots from the mount!
O Leary keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pearson with a couple of short strikes.
Pearson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
O Leary tries to hold on but Pearson postures up.
A nice elbow there by Pearson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. O Leary looks a forlorn figure.
Pearson lands a nice shot to the head.
O Leary is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pearson landing punches.
Pearson landing punches.
Pearson lands a big elbow.
O Leary wants to hold on but Pearson pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pearson is landing with some decent strikes but O Leary is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pearson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
O Leary is squirming around, avoiding Pearson's attempts to control the action.
Pearson avoids the attempt from O Leary to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pearson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A nice elbow there by Pearson.
O Leary throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pearson. What's that going to do exactly?
Pearson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can O Leary hang on?
Pearson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
O Leary flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pearson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

O Leary is rocked!
Pearson content just to control the position here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pearson cracks O Leary with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lester Pearson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

O Leary uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pearson.
Pearson dives in and grabs O Leary's left leg, looking for a takedown. O Leary pushes down on Pearson's head and hops out.
Pearson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pearson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Leary moves away.
O Leary is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson misses with a hook.
Pearson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson throws a jab but it's blocked by O Leary.
O Leary punishes Pearson's body with a nice straight punch.
Pearson swats away the attempt to clinch by O Leary.
Pearson looks to score with a jab to the body but O Leary is just out of range.
O Leary fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pearson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O Leary on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pearson throws a right hand that O Leary ducks under and follows up with a left that O Leary also avoids with ease.
Pearson lunges at O Leary with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by O Leary's hand.
Pearson with a nice cross.
Pearson throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pearson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed O Leary momentarily.

Pearson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Pearson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Check out the look on Pearson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear O Leary down.
Lester Pearson has got the better of the ground game so far.
O Leary tries to improve position but can't.
O Leary tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
O Leary is trying to improve his position.
Pearson is looking to take a break and control but O Leary is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pearson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control O Leary kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
O Leary takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Leary is looking to regain half guard here but Pearson keeps moving and retains side control.
Pearson working the ground and pound.
O Leary tries to get back to half guard but can't.
O Leary takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pearson working the ground and pound.
Pearson wants to control but O Leary is keeping him busy.
O Leary is trying to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pearson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Pearson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lester Pearson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pearson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lester Pearson!